Truss



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,225

P. SPECK TRUSS Filed Jan. ll 1923 Patented Aug.. i9, l924.

UTED STATES estaras PETER srEcK, or sr. Louis, MISSOURI.

TRUSS.

Application filed January 11, 1923.

To @ZZ whom z'z may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, PETER SPECK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Stn Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Truss, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trusses.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved truss for use in cases. of rupture or hernia and comprisinga novel and improved aluminum pad including a cup portion of improved design for supporting and retaining the rupture or hernia in proper position to afford relief to the user.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved aluminum truss pad having an oval concavity in its body contacting side surrounded by an oval rim, and means for supporting the device in position on the user so that the major axis of the device is substantially vertical in order to obtain better results from the use of the device.

@ther objects will appear from the following` description, reference being made to the drawing in which n Fig. l is a view showing the complete truss.

Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged view showing the inner dished side of the oval aluminum pad.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention shown the pad comprises an aluminum body l hav-V ing an approximately oval concavity or dished recess 2 formed in its inner sidein- .sm-h arrangement that when the device is in use the major axis of the oval concavity or recess is approximately vertical. A relatively wide oval rim or flange 3 surrounds the concavity or recess 2 and is formed with a wide flat surface or face e adapted to press against the body of the user. The marginal corner 5 of the flange 3 is rounded so that it will not cut or hurt the user. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 the wall of the concavity or recess 2 intersects the flat surface 4 with a rounded portion 6.

A. slot 7 is formed through the body l between the recess 2 and the outer side of said body. The slot 7 extends transversely of the major axis of the device and is designedr and adapted to receive a belt 8 by which the device is supported on the wearer and pressed against the body of the wearer with the major axis of the oval transversely ver- Serial No. 612,020.

tical. The aluminum cup pad is slidable on the 4belt 8 and may be accurately adjusted to proper position too'btain the most beneficial results.

As shown strap 9 has loops l0 through which the belt 8 passes. Said strap is pro` vided for the purpose of holding the belt down to proper position on the wearer so that the aluminum cup pad cannot slip or work away from its` proper adjustment.

I have actually used thisdevice with more satisfaction and more beneficialresults than I have been able to obtain from any devices at present on the market or available so far as I have been able to discover. I' have found in my own case that the rigid and inflexible aluminum cup pad alfords relief where resilient or elastic pads have only ag;- gravated .the aiiliction. The aluminum cup pad being rigidr and imperforate retains its position better than a pad having air vents or openings. It is therefore a fact that the invention obtains more beneficial results than I have been able 'to obtain elsewhere or by useof other "devices, It may be `that the construction and arrangement may be varied somewhat withoutdisadvantage, at

though I prefer the exact construction shown l' and describedvfor the reasons stated. However, I do not restrict myself unessentiallj;y

but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is zy l. A truss pad, compos-ed of an aluminum body having an open oval concavity inthe side that bears against the body of vtl e wearer, and an oval flange surrounding said open concavity and having a comparatively wide surface to bear ragainst the body of the wearer, andsaid aluminum body having a *slot therethrough transversely of the longitudinal axis of the open ovalconcavity.

Q. A truss pad, composed of an aluminum body having an ropen oval con/cavity in they side that bears against t-he body of the wearer, an roval flange surrounding1 said open concavity and having a comparatively7 wide surface to bear against the body of the wearer, said aluminum body having a slot therethrough transversely of the longitudinal axis of the open oval concavity, and a belt passing through said slot for supporting said aluminum body in position in which the major axis of the open oval concavity is approximately vertical.

PETER SPECK. 

